The Russian court fined both companies for failing to remove banned content, in two separate rulings.
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According to the Russian communication and media watchdog, Meta's apps, Facebook and Instagram, failed to remove over 2,000 banned posts from its platforms.
The Moscow Times reported that the government of Russia has banned organizations associated with Navalny from using social media, as well as promoting drugs and pornography.
The release said that it would look at the court ruling further before making a decision.
Forbes reached out to Meta.
Last week, Meta paid Russia over $200,000 in fines for failing to remove banned posts from its platforms, and two weeks ago, Google was fined for violating Russian laws to remove specific search entries from its platform. According to the Washington Post, Putin said this week that global platforms should be in line with Russian laws.
There is a structure called the Tangent.
In France, the internet giant was fined $593 million for failing to negotiate copyright deals with publishers to use their content, and in South Korea, it was fined $177 million for blocking the competition by only authorizing certain versions of the operating system to be used on electronic devices in the country.
The Russian court fined the companies.
Russia fined Google for not complying with the law.
